Abdur Rahim (1953 – 15 August 2021) was a Bangladesh Army officer who served as the Director General of

National Security Intelligence The Directorate General of National Security Intelligence ( bn, জাতীয় নিরাপত্তা গোয়েন্দা সংস্থা, Jātīẏa nirāpattā gōẏēndā saṅghastha), commonly known as the NSI, is the ...

from 2001 to 2005.

Career

Rahim was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army in

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla wa ...

in 1975.

Charges and convictions

Rahim was charged in the

2004 Dhaka grenade attack The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Has ...

. During Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government's tenure in 2004 he used to visit

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. He was sentenced to death in the

10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong The incident of the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul took place in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on the night of 1 April 2004, when police and Coast Guard interrupted the loading of ten trucks and seized extensive illegal arms and ammunition at a jetty ...

. He instructed NSI officials to supervise the offloading off arms in Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited jetty. He held several meetings with ARY Group and the

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regarding the arms in Bangladesh and outside. In October 2018, Rahim and 18 others were found guilty on charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy at the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case. They were sentenced to death. Rahim died on 15 August 2021, while under treatment for

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at the

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College (ShSMC) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. This medical college is the third public medical college in the government medical college rank after DMC & SSM ...

, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was admitted to the hospital on 31 July, after he tested COVID-19 positive at Kashimpur Central Jail–2.

References

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